My favorite line is, "if the emergency room in one of the poorest towns in this nation is a litmus test of horrific poverty and neglect, then it is a strange sort of poverty that about 5 billion on the planet outside our borders could only envy."
I think that the elimination of firing squads in Utah marks another step away from the romantic legends of the United States. Besides, why does it make any sense to spend all of the time and money required for lethal injection when you can just shoot the guy? Let a man die with a shred of dignity.